The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-05-03

screamed and whiStled in way To
make ones hair stand up on end. 4
NELSON" said the mate, a. we clam
bcred part way down and stopped to
rest. "what DO YOU think of our
chances
well. sir. its bad fix. We can't
look for any change under three days.
ut the least. | know the ship will look
for Us, but the pack ice may drift down
too heavy for her, or we may be too
widely separated. However. we have
the chance of being sighted 10y another
whaler."
That's all true" he said. in q
gloomy voice, land we must keep W
our spirits. The most lear Just now
is another collision.
We scrambled down Ia the shelf and
thence along tn the cave. where We
found the other three. They had AIS"
| obtained look tn windwarl, and every
face was gloomy enough. We had
been worn out aboar, the whalcr for
want of sleep, and after - little We All
began to lozc, and then fell of int"
slumbcr. and il was after noon by the
mates watch before We were aroused. |
Then it was by another grinding ami
crunching. and by feeling the wind
shrieking about III. and We turned out
to find that our berg vas swingin2s
around to the gale, while II was nj
the same time forcing its way through
heavy pack ice. In half an hour more
our cave faced tn windwar'i, and the
grinding was something positively aw-
full. We were all set in a tremble 81
the way the berg quivered and shook
and threatened To go To pieces and
while Williams. who was the youngest
of all, fell TO crying like a woman, some
of the others called upon God To save
u.s. The berg kept swinging, and by
two o'clock we were again on the lee
side, and now we could look right
down OH the tremendous struggle be-
tween our berg and the heavy ice which
covered the sea for miles around US.
The berg was driving faster than the
ice; and nothing could check its pro
gress. As it pushed steadily through
the pack the grinding was rs If thpn-
! derbolts were ripping through forest.
, We did not swing but that once.
though the gale did not break until
, midnight.
just before dark we lighted our FIRE
| again and cooked some more meat,
4 and that night We all slept soundly.
. The next day dawned bright and clear,
with the wind blowing from the south.
: and before noon the ice most exposed
. TO the sun was thawing. We had a
= clear sky and could see for miles
around us, and grand sight it was.
The pack ice had mostly gone OF
- to the west, but there were a score OF
big and little bergs in view. We kept
! the breakfast fire going all day Is i
:, beacon fire. smothering it down occa'
: sionally tn make a black smoke, AMI
- we rambled about good deal over the
% berg. We started up three white foxes
. but as we dared not use the musket'
for fear that the conclusion might
. work us harm, we made no captures
= The night came OH tranquil. with thu
= wind going To the west and holding
r balmy, and we had nothing to disturb
I us. In the morning, as we were toast
: ing our meat. we felt tremcndou
a culver run through the berg. and TIT
>. next moment good third of it split of
Z with terrible crash and hoated ava.
from us. The loss of this portion CAV
Of rs a bad list Ia port. and for half al
"A hour we were i'm mOmentary eXpecta
n ton of the berg cipsizing. 1t hoate'
III steadily, however. and by and by W
NJ were treasured. and began to wal
ps about again. while the fire sent up
nj smoke which could be seen many mile
he away.
-, Ii was about an hour after noon. an
m the mate was making ready to remoy
&C . thwart from the boat TO use for kline
70 ling. when the Scottish steam whale
rc Highlander suddenly rounded a gre;
q berg to the southeast OF us, and can
on into full view of one of the men WI
,or had lust climbed up for = lookout. II
10 had seen our smoke and had been worI
&C, inc toward us for hours. An hot
o. after she was first seen we were aboaI
rn- of her, and it isn't for the purpose
cxaggerating the perils of our adve
40 ture that / tell you We had not steam'
e. two miles from that berg when it sP
nd i'm three portions with thundero
the sounds, and every portion turned turtl
10Th We didn't find our ship again, b
ate were eventually landed At Valparais
,ok where we got berths aboard of Other
s., The Vestal. rs we afterward came
> know, searched for us for the best pa
VIC of a week. and then. feeling that
|, 81 must have certainly been lost,
NON up her helm and was of to M
cruising ground. while we were
Tin tered OH the log book as thousands
III - -. n Y GIrn